Chapter Summaries

Han Shuo and his companions wiped out Buz and Bai Sha’s attacking forces, revealing the full power of Little Skeleton Han Hao and the Myriad Demon Cauldron. With their subordinates dead and nearby factions retreating, Buz and Bai Sha tried to buy Han Shuo’s neutrality, but he demanded their lives.

• Little Skeleton Han Hao poisoned and overwhelmed a dark Upper God while the Five Elements Armored Corpses prepared to face the approaching attackers.
• Han Shuo unleashed thousands of Demon Heads, which devoured Buz’s subordinates, including three Upper Gods, and drew their divine souls into the Myriad Demon Cauldron.
• At Han Shuo’s order, Little Skeleton Han Hao used his seven bone spikes and the Aging Barrier to age the remaining dark Upper God to death.
• The watching factions retreated and opened a path, while Haruli and his subordinate realized Han Shuo’s group needed no help.
• Bai Sha offered Han Shuo five million Black Crystal Coins to stay out of Lolth’s affairs, but Han Shuo refused and said he wanted their lives.

Han Shuo and Little Skeleton Han Hao fought Buz and Bai Sha after Han Shuo declared himself their opponent, but Bai Sha rallied the watching factions with a promise of five million Black Crystal Coins. As nearly a thousand villains attacked, Han Shuo retreated with his allies into the Heavenly Corpse Five Elements Formation, preparing to face the pursuing crowd.

• Han Shuo ordered Little Skeleton Han Hao to attack Bai Sha and stopped Buz from interfering, engaging him with the Seventeen Flying Swords.
• Bai Sha called on the watching factions to join the fight and offered five million Black Crystal Coins, persuading many to attack Han Shuo’s group.
• Nearly a thousand villains from about twenty factions charged Han Shuo, Little Skeleton Han Hao, Lolth, and the Five Elements Armored Corpses.
• Han Shuo sent incorporeal demon heads against the attackers, killing dozens before the villains began to discover ways to counter them.
• Han Shuo and Little Skeleton Han Hao regrouped with Lolth and the Five Elements Armored Corpses, who activated the Heavenly Corpse Five Elements Formation as the villains approached.

Han Shuo watched the Five Elements Armored Corpses unleash the Heavenly Corpse Five Elements Formation, which slaughtered most of the Chaos Lands factions who charged into it. After the survivors killed Buz and Bai Sha to seek Han Shuo’s mercy, Han Shuo refused to let them go, leaving their fate unresolved.

• The Five Elements Armored Corpses activated the Heavenly Corpse Five Elements Formation, unleashing overwhelming elemental attacks across the battlefield.
• The formation and the Demon Heads killed nearly four hundred vicious gods and left fewer than thirty alive among those who had entered.
• A faction leader ordered his forces to retreat, and the formation eventually dissipated, revealing a devastated battlefield.
• Han Shuo, Little Skeleton Han Hao, and Lolth approached the surviving vicious gods, and Han Shuo challenged Buz and Bai Sha.
• The survivors attacked and killed Buz and Bai Sha, then offered their heads to Han Shuo in exchange for mercy.
• Han Shuo told the survivors he had gone to great trouble to gather them and would not let them go easily.

Han Shuo forced the battered survivors of the Heavenly Corpse Five Elements Formation to submit, using demonic blood to bind them as his Demon Guards. After they dispersed to gather their subordinates, Haruli hesitated over Han Shuo's renewed offer to join him, while Han Shuo invited the remaining onlookers to consider their own choices.

• Han Shuo threatened the thirty-odd exhausted survivors with death or submission as other nearby factions fled the scene.
• Haruli stayed to watch, recognizing Han Shuo's hidden strength and considering the opportunity to join his growing power.
• The survivors surrendered, and Han Shuo implanted demonic blood in them, then appointed Gelong as the Demon Guards' leader.
• Han Shuo ordered the new Demon Guards to gather their subordinates, with unaffiliated Middle Gods following Gelong.
• Han Shuo renewed his offer to Haruli, who asked for time to think, then turned to question the other remaining groups.

Han Shuo turned down the Five Great Monarchs’ offers and sent Little Skeleton Han Hao and Han Tu to kill Yingzhun while he searched the Chaos Lands with Lolth for recruits. Their search led them to a poisonous marsh, where a hidden creature seized Han Jin and dragged him beneath the mire.

• Han Shuo refused to join any of the Five Great Monarchs, and the factions and Haruli left.
• A Deep Valley guard told Han Shuo that Yingzhun had left Celestial God Peak, and Han Shuo decided to target him first.
• Little Skeleton Han Hao volunteered to kill Yingzhun with Han Tu, and Han Shuo agreed to let them go.
• Han Shuo and Lolth traveled southwest with the armored corpses to seek Lolth’s friends, but their search yielded no results for several days.
• At the largest marsh, Han Jin spotted strange metal and leaped toward it, but a steel-clawed arm seized him and dragged him underwater.

Han Shuo and his companions found Lomon beneath a swamp, where he had transformed into a metal-and-toxin-bodied being. After Han Jin’s Ruyi Jingu Bang overcame Lomon’s defenses, Lomon agreed to leave the swamp and follow Han Shuo.

• A strange arm dragged the Golden Armored Corpse beneath the swamp, and Han Shuo used his Seventeen Flying Swords to pull its owner, Lomon, to the surface.
• Lomon recognized Lolth, who explained that she had come to find him with Han Shuo and the others.
• Han Jin used the Ruyi Jingu Bang to repeatedly strike Lomon, whose metal body resisted Han Shuo’s flying swords but could not escape the treasure’s attacks.
• Lolth asked Han Jin to stop, and Lomon explained that he had been badly wounded and transformed after rare metals and toxins fused with his body beneath the swamp.
• Lomon admitted he had killed intruders who came seeking a rumored treasure, and Han Shuo learned that Buz and Bai Sha were dead.
• Han Shuo offered Lomon benefits for joining him, while Han Jin threatened him and Lolth appealed to their friendship; Lomon finally agreed to follow Han Shuo.

Han Shuo reforged Lomon’s body in a swamp using rare metals, poisons, and intense flames, forcing him to endure weeks of agony. Lomon emerged able to reshape his body into poisoned weapons, and he bowed to Han Shuo in gratitude.

• Han Shuo buried Lomon in the swamp and ordered Han Jin and Han Mu to add rare ores and poisons while Han Shui and Han Huo mixed and heated them.
• Han Shuo instructed Lomon to guard his divine soul, while Han Jin struck him with the Ruyi Jingu Bang whenever he tried to escape.
• After ten days, strange power flowed into Lomon, his pain eased, and his metals and poison began changing his body.
• Han Shuo reassured the worried Lolth as Lomon endured more than half a month in the hardened, glowing mud.
• Lomon emerged from the swamp able to transform his limbs and body into poisonous metal weapons, and the Golden Armored Corpse praised his new defenses.
• Lomon knelt before Han Shuo and thanked him, declaring himself convinced.

While Han Hao and Han Tu waited underground for a chance to strike Yingzhun, Boro’s forces attacked Yingzhun’s group to eliminate a business rival and curry favor with Han Hao. Han Hao emerged during the slaughter and claimed Yingzhun for himself.

• Han Tu sensed Boro’s approaching group, and Han Hao recognized them as Boro’s men and told Han Tu to prepare to act.
• Boro told Kediya that he planned to kill Yingzhun and present his head to Han Hao, while also settling their dispute over business in his territory.
• Boro’s men surrounded Yingzhun’s group and attacked after Boro ordered them to kill.
• Yingzhun’s men were quickly overwhelmed, and Boro joined the fight to kill Yingzhun before he could report to Saras.
• Han Hao appeared between the groups and told Boro, “He’s mine. Don’t touch him!”

Han Hao joined Boro’s attack on Yingzhun and overwhelmed the middle-stage Upper God with his Bone Spikes, killing him and revealing that he had also wiped out Yingzhun’s men in their underground lair. Boro and Han Hao agreed to leave no debt between them and planned to frame the killing on the other four sovereigns if Saras investigated.

• Han Hao arrived during Boro’s assault and said he had come to kill Yingzhun because Yingzhun had seized ore and killed Han Hao’s friend.
• Yingzhun tried to escape with the Wind-Riding Boots, but Han Hao’s seven Bone Spikes trapped him and prevented his flight.
• Han Hao battered Yingzhun with eight Bone Spikes, poisoned him, and killed him, while Boro and the Godhunters watched in astonishment.
• Han Hao told Yingzhun that he had killed everyone in the underground lair and taken Yingzhun’s savings.
• Han Hao refused Boro’s thanks, saying they had shared a goal, and suggested framing Yingzhun’s death on the other four sovereigns if Saras investigated.

Han Hao rejected Boro’s offer of an alliance and demanded that Boro place his Godhunters under Han Hao’s command. Meanwhile, Han Shuo recruited Zoqi and continued searching the Chaos Lands for a suitable base for his faction, eventually finding a remote valley.

• Boro had his men dispose of the corpses of the other Great Monarchs’ followers, then offered to support Han Hao as an ally.
• Han Hao refused to take Boro as an ally and told him to bring his men under Han Hao’s command; Boro postponed his decision, angry at the slight.
• Han Shuo traveled through the Chaos Lands with Lolth, Lomon, and the others, while Lomon eagerly offered to force potential recruits to obey.
• Lolth introduced Han Shuo to Zoqi, who agreed to follow Han Shuo after learning he believed he could escape even if several Great Monarchs attacked.
• Han Shuo and his companions searched for Lolth’s other friends but found none, then continued looking for territory and discovered a suitable remote valley.

Han Shuo transformed a remote valley in the Chaos Lands into the beginnings of a powerful defensive array, using the Myriad Demon Cauldron and the Five Elements Armored Corpses. When he activated the central mechanism and drew elemental energy into the valley, Zoqi was stunned and wondered which element's Main God Han Shuo was.

• Han Shuo chose the remote valley for his base after Zoqi said the Five Great Monarchs and other powerful forces were unlikely to claim it.
• Han Shuo sent Lolth, Lomon, Zoqi, and the others away to gather materials or explore while he and the Five Elements Armored Corpses began reshaping the valley.
• Han Shuo spent weeks rearranging the trees, sharpening the shrubs, placing rune-covered boulders, and setting up magic arrays, though the work remained incomplete without Little Earth and more materials.
• Han Shuo activated the arrays with the Myriad Demon Cauldron and an Upper God demon head, causing elemental energy to flow into the valley and grow denser.
• Zoqi was horrified by the change and asked Han Shuo which element's Main God he was.

Han Shuo demonstrated a valley formation that raised elemental concentration nearly thirtyfold, then headed toward the central Deep Valley to meet Han Hao and Han Tu. Meanwhile, Saras ordered an investigation into Han Shuo, and Han Hao considered a group of young gods asking to follow him.

• Han Shuo showed Zoqi, Lolth, and Lomon how his formation drew the eight elements into Demon-Hidden Valley, eventually raising their concentration to nearly thirty times its original level.
• Han Shuo concealed the arrays and left for the central Deep Valley with Lolth, Zoqi, the Wooden Armored Corpse, and the others.
• At Celestial God Peak, Calver told Saras that Han Shuo might be stronger than an Upper God, and Saras ordered him to investigate Han Shuo and the disappearance of Yingzhun's mark.
• Han Tu worried that Han Shuo had not arrived at Deep Valley, while Han Hao remained calm and said their father was likely delayed.
• Several young Middle Gods asked Han Hao if they could follow him; after he rejected them for being too weak, he asked how many Black Crystal Coins they had.

Han Hao recruited young people from influential families in the Twelve Great Divine Domains, while Han Shuo entered Deep Valley and learned that Osoe wanted to meet him. The chapter ended with Han Shuo arriving as Han Hao’s new recruits pledged loyalty to both of them.

• Han Hao offered the young people a place under him for five hundred thousand Black Crystal Coins each and promised to help them return to their families once they grew strong.
• Han Hao explained to Han Tu that he planned to develop the recruits into allies who could help them control families in the Twelve Great Divine Domains.
• Han Shuo arrived at Deep Valley with Lomon, Zoqi, Lolth, and the others, and introduced himself to the checkpoint guard Luolong.
• Luolong tested Han Shuo about Yingzhun’s death, then invited him to meet Osoe; Han Shuo agreed to the meeting.
• Han Shuo found Han Hao as the young people handed over their Black Crystal Coins and swore loyalty, and Han Hao told them to obey Han Shuo as well.

Han Shuo reunited with Han Hao in Deep Valley, gathered materials and followers for Demon-Hidden Valley, and waited for a meeting with Osoe. The chapter ended as Luolong invited Han Shuo to see Osoe, and Han Shuo agreed.

• Han Hao told Han Shuo he had subdued a group of young people and planned to use them to control their families.
• Han Shuo introduced Han Hao to Lomon and Zoqi, and Han Hao gave Han Jin Yingzhun's head, whose imprisoned divine soul Han Jin began to torment.
• Han Shuo sent Lomon, Zoqi, and the Five Elements Armored Corpses to gather information and buy materials for Demon-Hidden Valley's magic arrays.
• Han Hao warned Han Shuo that his Godhunter identity made it dangerous to stay with him, then left to meet his own subordinates.
• Han Shuo bought materials in Deep Valley as more than two hundred followers gathered around him.
• Luolong told Han Shuo that Osoe wanted to see him, and Han Shuo readily agreed.

Han Shuo secured a Monarch Shop in Deep Valley from Osoe and spent two years turning Demon-Hidden Valley into a heavily fortified base. With the arrays and defenses complete, he gathered his people and began issuing orders across the Chaos Lands.

• Osoe offered Han Shuo a Monarch Shop in exchange for first priority to buy each batch of medicines Han Shuo personally refined, and Han Shuo accepted.
• Luolong transferred a ten-thousand-square-meter Monarch Shop to Han Shuo for Celestial Pivot Pharmacy.
• Han Shuo and his followers spent three months acquiring materials, then returned to Demon-Hidden Valley and reactivated its Spirit Gathering Array.
• Han Shuo and the Five Elements Armored Corpses built underground chambers, mountain passages, buildings, and layers of magic arrays over two years, making the valley deadly to intruders.
• Han Shuo gathered everyone and began issuing orders aimed at the whole of the Chaos Lands.

After completing Demon-Hidden Valley’s defenses, Han Shuo sent his forces to conquer the surrounding region while he prepared to cultivate. When Han Hao killed a subordinate of Saras, Han Shuo left to find him, while Han Hao scattered his Godhunters and fled as Saras pursued him.

• Han Shuo completed the Myriad Demon Annihilation Array in Demon-Hidden Valley and ordered Lomon, Zoqi, Gelong, and the Demon Guards to subdue nearby forces.
• Han Shuo stayed in the valley to cultivate and prepare for his tribulation as his forces began expanding outward.
• Lolth reported that Han Hao had killed a Light Department Upper God Late Stage subordinate of Saras, prompting Han Shuo to leave for Poison Fang Mountain.
• Han Hao ordered his nearly five hundred Godhunters to split up and avoid Deep Valley while he departed alone in the opposite direction.
• Three days later, Saras arrived at Han Hao’s gathering place, identified the direction he had fled, and pursued him.

Han Hao evaded Saras by changing his soul mark and escaping with a dangerous demonic art, then recovered and hunted to regain his strength. Unable to find Han Hao, Han Shuo arrived alone at Celestial God Peak.

• After sensing Saras searching the seabed, Han Hao fled and confronted him in a forested mountain range.
• Saras offered Han Hao a chance to submit, but Han Hao refused and challenged him to attack.
• Saras's lightning strike destroyed the surrounding mountainside, but Han Hao escaped by changing his soul mark and using the Blood-Rending Demonic Escape Art.
• Han Hao hid in a cave for half a month to heal, then hunted nearby people and devoured their divine power to recover.
• Unable to find Han Hao, Han Shuo arrived alone at the foot of Celestial God Peak.

After failing to find Han Hao, Han Shuo stormed Celestial God Peak to confront Saras and demolished the mountain’s defenses while slaughtering its guards. He reached the final barrier at the summit, where the Cauldron Spirit warned him that Saras’s lightning screen was extremely powerful.

• Han Shuo searched Celestial God Peak for Saras but could not sense him, then decided to enter the mountain despite the risk of provoking a direct conflict.
• Han Shuo killed a ten-man guard squad, and the Myriad Demon Cauldron absorbed their divine souls.
• The Myriad Demon Cauldron smashed through Celestial God Peak’s Energy Towers and barriers as Han Shuo advanced toward the summit.
• Han Shuo unleashed his Flying Swords and Heavenly Demon Blades against Saras’s subordinates, killing those who tried to stop him.
• The Cauldron Spirit warned Han Shuo about a powerful lightning screen surrounding the mountaintop.

Han Shuo merged his death and destruction domains and awakened the elemental soul within his destruction orbs, allowing them to shatter Saras's lightning barrier. As Saras's subordinates gathered to fight him, Saras sensed the barrier's destruction and rushed back from Snow Ice Peak.

• The Cauldron Spirit warned Han Shuo that the lightning barrier would harm the demon heads, so Han Shuo recalled the Myriad Demon Cauldron and merged his death and destruction domains.
• Han Shuo's destruction orbs absorbed death elements and gained consciousness, then attacked the barrier and destroyed its living lightning forces.
• The Cauldron Spirit told Han Shuo that he had comprehended the elemental soul and warned that a heavenly tribulation might descend.
• Han Shuo climbed toward the summit as Saras's subordinates reacted in fear, then hundreds of guards gathered to surround him.
• At Snow Ice Peak, Saras sensed that his barrier had broken and left Vasias to return to Celestial God Peak.

Han Shuo slaughtered Saras's forces across Celestial God Peak and fell into a frenzied demonic state before lightning restored his reason. Saras finally arrived and attacked him, but Han Shuo survived the strike and flew up to meet him.

• Han Shuo unleashed his demonic artifacts and flying swords, killing more than three hundred of Saras's subordinates and devouring their souls.
• Han Shuo lost control of his divine sense and entered a state of indiscriminate slaughter, while his indestructible body shrugged off his enemies' attacks.
• Saras struck Han Shuo with a bolt of lightning that restored his reason, and Han Shuo recognized him as the final hurdle of the Heavenly Demon Transformation.
• Saras attacked Han Shuo with thunder and lightning, but Han Shuo intercepted the lightning power within his body and remained unharmed.
• Han Shuo grinned, flew toward Saras, and shaped the surrounding baleful energy into two black dragons to attack him.